Mardi Gras Film Festival 2024 Review: Mad About The Boy – The Noël Coward Story ★★★

The career of Noël Coward, the poster boy for aristocratic, quick-witted, camp British queerness, is explored in filmmaker Barnaby Thompson’s brief, but charming and amusing overview of a truly brilliant life, Mad About The Boy: The Noël Coward Story, playing Queer Screen's 31st Mardi Gras Film Festival. Mad About the Boy: The Noel Coward Story... Continue Reading →

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Mardi Gras Film Festival 2024 Review: The Missing (Iti mapukpukaw) ★★★1/2

Combining traditional 2D animation with rotoscoped footage ala Richard Linklater’s Waking Life, Carl Joseph E. Papa's The Missing (Iti mapukpukaw) looks beautiful, while beneath its colourful surface, a much darker story packs a powerful punch. Eric (Carlo Aquino) is a young computer animator, working long hours with Carlos (Gio Gahol). Eric is mute—he literally does... Continue Reading →

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